ON THE 70 TH ANNIVERSARY OF VICTORY IN

ON THE 70 TH ANNIVERSARY OF VICTORY IN GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR

BATTLE FOR MOSCOW SEPTEMBER 1941 - 6 DECEMBER 1941

30. 09. 1941, the German advance ON MOSCOW

FOR MOSCOW, THE SITUATION WAS CRITICAL. THE FIGHTING WAS IN THE 80 -100 KM FROM THE CAPITAL THE PLAN "BARBAROSSA FORESAW "LIGHTNING WAR" AGAINSMAIN DIRECTIONS- LENINGRAD (GROUP OF ARMIES "NORTH", MOSCOW (GROUP OF ARMIES "THE CENTER") AND KIEV (GROUP OF ARMIES "SOUTH"

7 NOVEMBER 1941 RED SQUARE MILITARY PARADE WAS HELD ENORMOUS VOLTAGE FORCES, UNPRECEDENTED FOR COURAGE AND HEROISM THE DEFENDERS OF THE CAPITAL THE GERMAN ADVANCE IN THE FIRST NOVEMBER WAS STOPPED 7 NOVEMBER 1941 RED SQUARE MILITARY PARADE WAS HELD Was in command of the parade commander of the Moscow military district, General Pavel Artemyev took his Marshal Semyon Budyonny.

7 1941 НОЯБРЯ НА КРАСНОЙ ПЛОЩАДИ СОСТОЯЛСЯ ВОЕННЫЙ ПАРАД The parade on red square on 7 November 1941, the year the Soviet command literally under the noses of the advancing enemy, which had previously promised that day to spend in Moscow own winning streak, has no analogues in the whole history of the world wars. The parade had a tremendous ideological significance, and its success, called by historians the largest military operation that was the first omen of the future of the great Victory.

THE OFFENSIVE WAS PRECEDED BY MORE THAN TWO MONTHS OF FIERCE COMBATS. The offensive was preceded by more than two months of fierce combats, when it seemed that Moscow is on the verge of falling, and the war is lost. As mentioned Georgy Zhukov, commander of the Western front defending Moscow, Stalin in one particularly heavy days the enemy offensive asked him: "are You sure we can hold Moscow? I ask you this with a heavy heart. Speak honestly, as a Communist". Zhukov replied "Moscow, of course, hold. But you also need at least two armies. And at least two hundred tanks. " Stalin and Zhukov, perfectly understood the meaning of such forces, and how hard it is for them or where to take it.

MAP OF THE SOVIET COUNTEROFFENSIVE NEAR MOSCOW

5 - 6 DECEMBER 1941, the SOVIET COUNTEROFFENSIVE near MOSCOW. BY THE END OF NOVEMBER THE TROOPS OF THE WESTERN FRONT RECEIVED CONSIDERABLE REINFORCEMENTS ON THE EASTERN PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. THIS ALLOWED 5 -6 DECEMBER, 1941 to BEGIN the COUNTEROFFENSIVE of the SOVIET TROOPS near MOSCOW. IN THE EARLY DAYS WERE FREED OF THE CITY OF KALININ (TVER), SOLNECHNOGORSK, KLIN, ISTRA. ALL IN ALL, DURING THE WINTER OFFENSIVE OF THE SOVIET TROOPS DEFEATED THE 38 GERMAN DIVISIONS. THE ENEMY WAS DRIVEN AT 100 -250 KM FROM MOSCOW. IT WAS THE FIRST MAJOR DEFEAT OF THE GERMAN FORCES THROUGHOUT THE SECOND WORLD WAR

VICTORY NEAR MOSCOW WAS OF GREAT MILITARY AND POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE VICTORY NEAR MOSCOW WAS OF GREAT MILITARY AND POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE. SHE MEANT THE COLLAPSE OF THE GERMAN PLANS "LIGHTNING WAR". JAPAN AND TURKEY FINALLY REFUSED ENTRY INTO THE WAR ON THE GERMAN SIDE. WAS ACCELERATED THE PROCESS OF CREATING A SINGLE ANTI-HITLER COALITION STATES

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